How To Install ruby-rchardet on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rchardet on Debian 9.
What is ruby-rchardet
ruby-rchardet is:
CharDet is a library to automatically detect character encoding ‘as smart as your browser’.
There are three methods to install ruby-rchardet on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ruby-rchardet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rchardet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rchardet
Install ruby-rchardet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rchardet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-rchardet
Install ruby-rchardet Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rchardet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rchardet
How To Uninstall ruby-rchardet on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ruby-rchardet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-rchardet
Uninstall ruby-rchardet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-rchardet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rchardet
Remove ruby-rchardet Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-rchardet configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rchardet
Remove ruby-rchardet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-rchardet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rchardet
Dependencies
ruby-rchardet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rchardet package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.